Atiq and his brother Ashraf were shot dead on the night of 15 April by three people posing as media persons in Prayagraj. (File photo: PTI)
Rajkumar will contest from Ward No. 43 South Malaka, Prayagraj. He has contested local body elections in the past as well.
A Congress leader in Uttar Pradesh has demanded Bharat Ratna, India’s highest civilian award, for gangster Atiq Ahmed, who died in police custody recently.
Rajkumar alias Rajju Bhaiya, who will contest the upcoming local body elections in Prayagraj on a Congress ticket, referred to the gangster-turned-politician as a “martyr” and said his body should be wrapped in the tricolour. Police arrested Rajkumar after it went viral on social media.
He blamed CM Yogi Adityanath’s government for Atiq’s murder and said that the Chief Minister should resign from his post.
This gentleman Rajkumar alias Raju is Congress candidate from Prayagraj Ward 43. @myogiadityanath Accusing him of murdering Mafia Atiq, he has demanded Bharat Ratna. Your opinion?@INCIndia @Samajwadi Party @BJP4UP pic.twitter.com/LTvJd0CYUX– Manish Mishra (@mmanishmishra) April 19, 2023
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Atiq and his brother Ashraf were shot dead on the night of 15 April by three people posing as media persons in Prayagraj, when both the brothers were being taken for medical examination by the police.
If Mulayam can do it then why not Atiq: Congress leader on demand for Bharat Ratna
Backing his demand for Bharat Ratna to Atiq, the Congress leader asked that if former UP CM Samajwadi Party patriarch Mulayam Singh Yadav can be awarded the Padma Vibhushan posthumously, why should the gangster not get the highest civilian award.
Rajkumar will contest from Ward No. 43 South Malaka, Prayagraj. He has contested local body elections in the past as well.
Uttar Pradesh urban local body elections will be held in two phases on May 4 and 11, with the counting of votes taking place on May 13, the State Election Commission announced on Sunday. A total of 14,684 seats in 760 urban local bodies will be contested.
On the other hand, Congress city president Pradeep Mishra Anshuman said that the party has expelled Rajkumar, who was a candidate in the upcoming urban local body elections, from the party for six years.
Anshuman said Rajkumar was the Congress candidate for councilor from Azad Nagar in South Malacca.
Anshuman claimed to have a picture of Rajkumar receiving the award from the state’s Deputy Chief Minister Keshav Prasad Maurya and said that whatever happened was a conspiracy.
Rajkumar is undergoing some psychiatric treatment, they said, adding that a prescription for psychiatric drugs was found at his home.
SHO of Dhumanganj police station Rajesh Kumar Maurya said that Rajkumar has been detained and an FIR is being lodged against him.
(With PTI inputs)
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